Sunday, August 23, 2015

Hello, all--

We need to chat a little bit more about the upcoming BIKE RACE. We’ve had a lot of folks say to us that they plan on just skipping coming in the week the bike race is happening. As a small business that’s a bit scary for us-- not many places can weather the hit of a sizable chunk of their clientele not coming in all at once. And the cool part is, you won’t have to skip it! Most of the bike races happen daily between about 11am and 3pm, and the powers that be are saying the minute the race is concluded the roads will open back up. We are going to stay open later for that week to give people the chance to get in here, so hopefully most of you can work with us and pop in around the insanity.

Now let’s talk about VARIANT COVERS. We have to tweak how we order and deal with these items somewhat, as there is a mounting wave of glut and we are not going to surf it to the depth they’re being offered in coming months. When 3rd tier Marvel debuting books have 10 different covers being solicited, well, we think it’s getting excessive. Moving forward we are going to be much tighter on our variant ordering, and what we need from interested parties is timely, proactive communication. If you see a cover in which you are interested, tell us! As soon as possible! We will be able to tell you about both our ability to get in this variant and our ability to hold it for you.

Last Call:

PAYBACKS (Dark Horse): From the creative team that brought us the great BUZZKILL, this one’s about super powered debt collectors that go after deadbeat super heroes. These guys match the quality of their high concepts with top notch follow-through, well worth your attention!

D4VE2 (IDW): Continuing from the original gem about a desk-jockeying robot with dreams of violent glory!

TOKYO GHOST (Image): Contender for one of the biggest books of the year: master storytellers RICK REMENDER and SEAN MURPHY team up for high-octane science fiction!

AGENT CARTER SHIELD 50TH ANNIVERSARY (Marvel) One of several one-shots celebrating the venerable government agency.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE (Marvel) Threatened to be published for over a decade and finally here! By Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale

VOLTRON: FROM THE ASHES (Dynamite): Kinda implies some sort of renewal, eh?

SHIPPING! Here’s what’s coming at you WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26:

ADVENTURE TIME #43 3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 GRAVEYARD SHIFT 15.99

ANT-MAN LAST DAYS #1 3.99 Not sure why this one’s getting a new #1 just for its Secret Wars tie-in… maybe something to do with a lil’ movie that just came out?

AQUAMAN #43 3.99

ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 16 10.99

BATGIRL #43 2.99

BATMAN 66 #26 2.99

BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT GENESIS #1 (OF 6) 2.99

BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT GENESIS #1 (OF 6) VAR ED PI

BETTY & VERONICA #277 3.99

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #15 3.99

BOOK OF DEATH FALL OF NINJAK #1 3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 05 TOMORROW SOLDIER 19.99

CAPTAIN BRITAIN HC VOL 01 BIRTH OF LEGEND 39.99

CAPTAIN MARVEL AND CAROL CORPS #3 3.99

CAPTAIN MARVEL AND CAROL CORPS #3 VAR PI

CHARLES BURNS LIBRARY SC VOL 02 BIG BABY 16.95

CHICAGO HC 24.99

CIVIL WAR #3 3.99

CIVIL WAR #3 VAR PI

CONAN THE AVENGER #17 3.50

COWL TP VOL 02 THE GREATER GOOD 14.99

CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS 14.99

CYBORG #2 2.99

CYBORG #2 VAR ED PI

DEAD DROP #4 (OF 4) 3.99

DEADPOOLS SECRET SECRET WARS #4 (OF 4) 3.99

DEATHSTROKE #9 2.99

DIRK GENTLYS HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY #3 (OF 5) 3.99

DOCTOR WHO 2015 FOUR DOCTORS #3 (OF 5) 3.99

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #489 9.99

DRIVE #1 (OF 4) 3.99

E IS FOR EXTINCTION #3 3.99

E IS FOR EXTINCTION #3 HENDERSON VAR PI

EAST OF WEST #20 3.50

EFFIGY TP VOL 01 IDLE WORSHIP 14.99

FIGHT CLUB 2 #4 3.99

FIVE GHOSTS TP VOL 03 MONSTERS & MEN 14.99

FLASH #43 3.99

GHOSTBUSTERS GET REAL #3 (OF 4) 3.99

GODZILLA IN HELL #2 (OF 5) 3.99

GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT #8 2.99

GRAYSON #11 3.99

HANK JOHNSON AGENT OF HYDRA #1 3.99 A day in the life of a low level grunt in an evil organization bent on world domination.

HANK JOHNSON AGENT OF HYDRA #1 WALSH VAR PI

HARLEY QUINN #19 3.99

HE MAN THE ETERNITY WAR #9 2.99

HELLBOY IN HELL #7 2.99

IMAGE GIANT SIZED ARTIST’S PROOF ED WALKING DEAD #1 19.99

INHUMANS BY PAUL JENKINS AND JAE LEE TP 34.99

INVISIBLE REPUBLIC TP VOL 01 9.99

IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON TP VOL 02 REDEMPTION 17.99

JLA GODS AND MONSTERS #3 (OF 3) 3.99

JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #3

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK TP VOL 06 LOST IN FOREVER 16.99

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #3 3.99

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #3 VAR ED PI

KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE OMNIBUS ED TP 19.99

LADY MECHANIKA #0 (OF 5) 1.00

LOW #9 3.50

LUMBERJANES #17 3.99

LUMBERJANES #17 1:20 COPY VAR PI

MAGNETO #21 3.99

MARVEL PREVIEWS SEPTEMBER 2015 1.25

MARVEL SELECT PUNISHER AF 24.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE ALL NEW AVENGERS ASSEMBLE DIGEST T 9.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE ULT SPIDER-MAN WEB WARRIORS #10 2.99

MARVEL ZOMBIES #3 3.99

MARVEL ZOMBIES #3 VAR PI

MAXX MAXXIMIZED #22 3.99

MICKEY MOUSE #3 3.99

MODOK ASSASSIN #4 (OF 5) 3.99

MULAN REVELATIONS #3 (OF 4) 3.99

MUNCHKIN #8 3.99

MY LITTLE PONY PAGEANTS & PONIES TP 7.99

NEW MGMT #1 3.99

NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP 34.99

NIJIGAHARA HOLOGRAPH HC 29.99

OLD MAN LOGAN #4 3.99

OVER THE GARDEN WALL #1 3.99 Man, this was a great cartoon! Looks like the comic is poised to be pretty great as well.

OVER THE GARDEN WALL #1 1:10 VAR PI

OVER THE GARDEN WALL #1 1:20 VAR PI

PASTAWAYS #6 3.99

PLANETARY TP VOL 04 SPACETIME ARCHAEOLOGY 17.99

PREVIEWS #324 SEPTEMBER 2015 3.99

PREZ #3 (OF 6) 2.99

PRIEST & BRIGHTS QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 01 KLANG 19.99

PRINCELESS BE YOURSELF #3 (OF 4) 3.99

RAGNAROK #6 3.99

RASPUTIN #8 3.50

RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL TP 16.99

ROCHE LIMIT CLANDESTINY #4 3.50

RUMBLE #6 3.50 One of my favorites, back from a short hiatus! Great time to check it out!

RUNLOVEKILL TP VOL 01 9.99

SCALPED HC BOOK 02 DELUXE EDITION 29.99

SHERLOCK HOLMES 7 PER-CENT SOLUTION #1 (OF 5) 3.99

SHIELD #9 5.99

SINESTRO #14 2.99

SIXTH GUN VALLEY OF DEATH #3 (OF 3) 3.99

SNOWDEN GN 16.95

SONIC SUPER DIGEST #13 4.99

SONIC UNIVERSE #79 3.99

SONS OF THE DEVIL #4 2.99

SPAWN #255 2.99

SPIDER-WOMAN #10 3.99

SPREAD #9 3.50

STAN LEE CHAKRA THE INVINCIBLE #2 2.99

STAR WARS LANDO #3 (OF 5) 3.99

STAR WARS LANDO #3 (OF 5) MAYHEW VAR PI

STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION RISE OF SITH TP 34.99

STRATFORD ZOO MIDNIGHT REVUE PRESENTS MACBETH GN 12.99

STRINGERS #1 (OF 5) 3.99

SUNDOWNERS TP VOL 02 14.99

SUNSTONE OGN VOL 03 14.99

SUPERMAN #43 3.99

SURFACE TENSION #4 (OF 5) 3.99

SWORDS OF SORROW PANTHA JANE PORTER SPECIAL 3.99

SWORDS OF SORROW SONJA JUNGLE #2 (OF 3) 3.99

TEEN TITANS #11 2.99

THEY’RE NOT LIKE US #7 2.99 One of my favorites, back from a short hiatus! Great time to check it out! Deja vu!

THIEF OF THIEVES #30 2.99

TITHE TP VOL 01 14.99

TMNT CASEY & APRIL #3 (OF 4) 3.99

TOMORROWS #2 (OF 6) 3.99

TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ANIMATED #2 3.99

UNCANNY AVENGERS TP VOL 01 COUNTER EVOLUTIONARY 17.99

USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 04 24.99

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 24 LIFE AND DEATH 14.99 Just in time for the new spinoff tv show!

WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES #722

WAYWARD TP VOL 02 16.99

WE ARE ROBIN #3 3.99

WE ARE ROBIN #3 VAR ED PI

WE CAN NEVER GO HOME #4 (OF 5) 3.99

WHERE MONSTERS DWELL #4 (OF 5) 3.99

WOLVERINES TP VOL 04 DESTINY 15.99

X-MEN 92 #3 NAKAYAMA VAR PI

X-MEN 92 #3 4.99

X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 09 DEAD HAND 14.99

ZODIAC STARFORCE #1 3.99 A group of teenage girls are the only thing between us and monster armageddon!

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Hello, all--

First off I’d like to welcome back all the VCU folks making their way back into the city, as well as the shop. If you haven’t checked out comics since you left in May, here’s what you missed:: Batman’s a robo-bunny, Dr. Doom controls the Marvel Universe, and Brad Pitt and Billie Dee Williams characters are competing for the best selling comic otherwise. Weird times, eh?

Last call! Our orders are about to lock on the following debuting titles-- subscribers, you know the drill! Tell us want you want to ensure we order enough!

MIRROR’S EDGE: EXORDIUM (Dark Horse) Prequel to the upcoming video game, written and drawn by folks that worked on the game!

ANGRY BIRDS: SUPER ANGRY BIRDS (IDW) You’re going to have to tell us if you want this, we do not plan on ordering much. If any.

ATOMIC ROBO & THE RING OF FIRE (IDW) Back, and at new publisher IDW!

TET (IDW) War and romance, in a book Garth Ennis is super stoked about.

FASTER THAN LIGHT (Image) Near future sci-fi about Earth’s first manned trip into outer space!

HEAD LOPPER (Image) Andrew Maclean turned a lot of heads with his breakthrough GN Apocalyptigirl. Here he returns to one of his earlier self published favorites about a grizzled old barbarian warrior. Looks awesome!